\Ex`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf.
F. exhibition.]
1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth
   to view; manifestation; display.
2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also,
   any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of
   skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an
   exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues,
   etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and
   drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private
   benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
         What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like
         exhibition thou shalt have from me.   --Shak.
         I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my
         days, than to the priests.            --Tyndale.
4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.